Convince me to play...

[Masamunemaster]

Tactics advance is pretty great, it still makes me as happy as the original did.

I have always been looking for a copy of suikoden II to play if you decide you dont ever feel like giving it a chance

[Jowy]

So did you pick up Suikoden II yet?

[Del Murder]

Where can one get a hold of Suikoden II besides paying over $100 on ebay?

[VeloZer0]

Through completely legal means one would feel free to talk openly about on this forum.

I've spent the last two weeks blowing of any responsibilities I can to get some time to play.... which has gotten me about 7 hours in. This might take a while.

[Del Murder]

So it's not on PSN or anything like that?

[Jowy]

NO. Just Suikoden I. :aimcry:

[Del Murder]

Is that one fun?

[Jowy]

Definitely recommended. Gameplay and graphics are extremely dated, but that's to be expected for a first gen PS1 RPG. Suikoden II just takes everything the first game had and polished it to perfection.

[Pumpkin]

Suikoden II is a great game. I finally ladied up and payed the $160 for it but it was worth it. I've played it twice, I will play it again, and now my boyfriend gets to enjoy it too.

It has a great story line and although the customization is limited, you do have some choices. Also, once you get further into the recruiting process you can easily find 5 characters out of 80 that you like and enjoy using. It's one of my favorite things about Suikoden. There are bound to be some characters you like and want to invest in. Of course I still build them all up but that's because I'm obsessive.

[VeloZer0]

One thing I really liked about S1 was the exponential increases to experience lower leveled party members get, and it looks like this is even stronger in S2. Unlike a lot of other games where if a character falls behind there is no point in even using them anymore because it is too much work to catch up.

[Jowy]

One thing I really liked about S1 was the exponential increases to experience lower leveled party members get, and it looks like this is even stronger in S2. Unlike a lot of other games where if a character falls behind there is no point in even using them anymore because it is too much work to catch up.

Be sure to keep at the very least eighteen different characters leveled up and well-geared. Trust me.

[VeloZer0]

That is something I appreciate knowing ahead of time.

[Wolf Kanno]

Yeah, I love the XP system in the games. I also forgot this entry introduced Rune Affinities so definetly experiment with that. Basically while you are free to equip any type of elemental rune on a character barring ones they have absolute terrible affinity with, most characters tend to gravitate towards one or another so if you want to keep your mages damage up, play with that.


Del - The first game is pretty good but its not spectacular either. There are SNES titles that have deeper gameplay and plots than Suikoden I but Suikoden I introduces the multiple battle systems like duels and the giant army battles, as well as the overall recruit 108 stars and build your castle mechanic. It still has a fairly good story and interesting battle system but its not going to win people over with any of that. If you intend to play Suikoden II though, I highly suggest beating Suikoden I cause nearly a third of the cast returns and SII doesn't really bother with keeping the player up to date about some of it.

[Jowy]

And if you play Suikoden before Suikoden II, you can roll your save file over for some special bonuses!

[Red Mage Coffman]

I would personally pick Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

It is pretty much Final Fantasy Tactics stripped down for children. The story isn't anythign to serious, but it still has a degree of seriousness. I LOVE the battle/growth system, which has changed a little bit and the mission based gameplay made me fall in love. If it wasn't for this, I would have steered clear of Tactics. I can't say to much for the sequel cause I picked it up for five seconds, hated it, and returned it. I was judging a lot quicker than I should have, that being said.

I've heard Tactics Ogre is really good, same thing with Suikoden.